Mayfield laughed off the incident, but made the Jayhawks pay on the field, with Mayfield throwing for 257 yards, three touchdowns, and leading the Sooners to a 41-3 victory to hand Kansas their tenth loss of the season.

After a few cheap shots that didn’t slow Mayfield down, the Sooners marched down the field to score once more, at which point Mayfield made the gesture towards the Kansas sidelines, grabbing his crotch and yelling curses at the opposing bench.

Still, this gesture was one to far for the Oklahoma coaching staff. Despite Mayfield apologizing immediately after leaving the field, saying that he “got caught up” in a chippy game, head coach Lincoln Riley announced that Mayfield would not start for the Sooners on Saturday against West Virginia, and would also not be a captain for the game.

Riley was clearly emotional while speaking to the press, saying “I don’t know that I’ll ever have a player who is as special to me as he is.”

You can watch Riley comment on Mayfield’s play below.

Lincoln Riley had to take a moment during his press conference to gather himself — “I don’t know that I’ll ever have a player who is as special to me as he is.”